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STEPHENSON
(Robert Snr, 1788-1837, Civil Engineer, Elder brother of George Stephenson, the 'Father of the Railways')
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Bagnall,
a Civil Engineer in Liverpool, saying he has received his letter and was happy to hear that you were fast recovering, I am sorry to inform that I shall be under the necessity of being... to a late Hour at the Colliery tomorrow Night, it will be uncertain my getting to you on Sunday, Therefore you had better come straight on to the Wool Pack Pendleton. I have not seen Mr. Gill since we parted at Liverpool. I have seen his Agent & he says we have nothing to fear. I will endeavour to see Mr. G. tomorrow, it being Market Day I hope I shall find him in Manchester, when I shall be enabled to inform you what he has done in the matter. There was nothing of great importance in the Magazine..., 1 side 8vo., with two thirds of the integral autograph address leaf, Pendleton Colliery, 7th February
Item Date: 1834
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Background
Pendleton Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield after the late 1820s on Whit Lane in Pendleton, Salford. George Stephenson's brother, Robert supervised operations as manager and engineer until his death in 1837. The original shaft was sunk to a depth of around 650 feet and in the first six months of 1832 the colliery produced nearly 27,000 tons of coal. The shaft was closed after flooding in 1834. In 1835, Fitzgerald formed the Pendleton Colliery Company, with George Stephenson as a director, and leased nearby land from the Duchy of Lancaster for new mining works. Robert Stephenson supervised the sinking of two eight-feet diameter shafts to deeper, drier seams below the Worsley Four Foot in 1836–37 and a steam engine of around 40 horsepower was installed.
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